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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 , 2006
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"We might peer into the future at the generations yet unborn and ask ourselves if we're really trustworthy custodians of their heritage. Do we have the right to tell them that they can never see a whale?"
David R. Brower
fact of the day
Source: Utah Education Network
The biggest dinosaur that ever lived was only about one-fourth the size of the blue whale. Bonus fact: The African elephant, the world's largest land animal, could stand on the blue whale's tongue.
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Catholics asked to pray for Sebelius
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Roman Catholics in northeast Kansas have been asked to pray for Gov. Kathleen Sebellus to "reconsider her long held position supporting legalized abortion."
The request came from Archbishop Joseph Naumann, of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, in a Sept. 8 column in the diocesan newspaper The Leaven, with a circulation of 52,900.
"It is never permissible for a Catholic to support the legalization of the killing of innocent lives by abortion, much less lead the fight for legal abortion," Naumann wrote.
While questioning Sebelius'
record on abortion, he stopped short of asking Catholics to vote against her.
Sebelius, who is Catholic, is a longtime supporter of abortion rights but has said publicly she believes abortion is wrong. Church leaders have raised the matter in the past, but not all of the Democratic governor's fellow Catholics are equally troubled.
Dan Watkins, who attends St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence, said Catholics must practice a faithful citizenship, which includes more than just respect for life.
"The fact that a public official upholds what is the law of the land,
even if their faith and personal belief tells them that that's wrong, that shouldn't disquallify them in the eyes of other Catholics," said Watkins, a lawyer and active Democrat.
Naumann said he wrote the column in response to several letters he received from people who disagreed with the governor's veto this year of a bill expanding the information that abortion providers must submit to the state about pregnancies they have terminated.
Watkins said he had not read Naumann's column but said that upholding the law differs from Sebellius advocating for abortion.
In her veto message, Sebelius
said she didn't believe the provisions would reduce abortions.
"My Catholic faith teaches me that life is sacred. Personally, I believe abortion is wrong," she wrote
As for Naumann's column, Sebellus' spokeswoman, Nicole Corcoran, said, "The governor appreciates her ongoing counsel with the archbishop, and we believe this is a matter best left to the privacy of their discussions."
Naumann issued a joint statement Aug. 15 with the bishops of the Dodge City, Salina and Wichita dioceses advising the state's more than 405,000 Catholics they have a "serious moral obligation to exercise their right to vote."
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Pushing to the finish
John Jackson, center, from Fox Run Manor, competes in the walker race during the Senior Olympics held at The Heritage Estates in Findlay, Ohio, on Thursday. Several area nursing homes homes took part in different events for their residents.
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At 14 pounds, newborn built like a linebacker'
NORWICH, Conn. — Oh baby! Marie Michel's fifth child was one for the record books.
Michels gave birth to a 14-
pound, 13-ounce boy Tuesday at
William W. Backus Hospital.
Backus officials said the newborn — Stephon Hendrix Louis-Jean — broke the 18-year record for the biggest baby ever born at the hospital by 1 pound, 13 ounces. He was nearly 23 inches long.
"He's built like a linebacker," said David Kalla, who delivered the baby by Caesarean section.
After nine months of carrying Stephon, 36-year-old Michel said she was happier about having finished giving birth than about all the attention her baby was receiving.
"I was miserable" Michel said. "I couldn't sleep at night. My 13-year-old son had to help me get in and out bed."
The baby's size came as no surprise to his mom. Michel's oldest son weighed 9 pounds at birth, her 8-year-old twin sons each weighed 81/2 and her youngest son, age 3, was nearly 12 pounds.
Michel's husband, Vijens Louis-Jean, a truck driver, was coming from Florida to see his son.
Less than 24 hours old, the baby was fitting into clothes for a 6-month-old and was too big for
newborn diapers.
"I have baby clothes but I don't think they will be able to fit," Michel said. "I think I will have to return them."
Father breaks leg after confidence-building jump
Troy Stewart and his 10-year-old daughter Meagan were on their daily bike ride Monday evening when Stewart suggested they jump off a 15-foot bridge as a way of curing the girl's fear of heights.
LANTANA, Fla. — A father broke his leg trying to cure his daughter's fear of heights.
"At first he said, 'Do you want to do it or not?' Meagan said. "I thought, 'It's kind of high'; and then he's like, 'Trust me.'"
Meagan jumped safely into the intracoastal Waterway, but her 31-year-old father broke his leg.
Stewart got out of the water and waited nearby after Meagan rode her bike the half mile home and alerted her mother, who called authorities.
"In his mind, he was playing," said Mandy Potter, 32, of her partner of 10 years. "But I don't condone his child's play."
Stewart was not charged with a crime, but officials from the state Department of Children & Families planned to interview him.
"This is an example of what not to do as a parent," police Capt. Andy Rundle said.
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A 22-year-old KU student was arrested early Thursday morning for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Lawrence police made the arrest in the 1300 block of Iowa Street.
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Today from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., The Hall Center for Humanities will present "Conflicting Memories of the Holocaust" in the Hall Center conference hall.
Official retaliates after losing parking spot
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. —A police video apparently caught the city's ombudsman scratching the rear of a city councilman's car with a key after the councilman took his parking space.
Police had a camera on Councilman Bob King's Nissan Murano because his car had been keyed previously. They released the tape Tuesday in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.
The tape shows King's car parked in city ambudsman James Bell's parking spot, marked "Ombudsman". Bell can be seen parked beside the empty car and then walking behind it, apparently dragging a key across it.
The tape, made last week,
shows no marks on the back
of the car before Bell arrives,
but shows the scratch after Bell
walks by.
The tape also shows scratches on the passenger side of the car that King said were put there about five weeks ago when he parked in Bell's spot while Bell was off duty.
Bell has been charged with a misdemeanor count of malicious injury to personal property.
Bell said he did not know whose car was parked in his space but thinks King has a grudge against him because he supported King's opponent in a previous election.
Bell's attorney, Bill Runyon, said Bell was steading himself because he recently underwent surgery on his knee and that's how the scratches happened.
King said the key scratches caused about $1,000 damage to his car.
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